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SUMMARY: EMBASSY WISHES TO POINT OUT THAT GOP AIDE-
MEMOIRE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 15 MAY LEAVE DEPARTMENT
WITH IMPRESSION THAT MOST CANAL ZONE EMPLOYEES (CIVILIAN
AND MILITARY) ARRIVE IN CANAL ZONE WITH EITHER PANAMANIAN
TOURIST CARD OR VISA. THIS IS NOT TRUE. PRACTICALLY ALL
EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS ARRIVE IN CANAL ZONE PURSUANT
TO OFFICIAL ORDERS OR ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION UNDER
CONDITIONS SET FORTH SECTION 35 CODE FEDERAL REGULATIONS,
PART 59, SUBPART B.
1. REVIEWING COMMENTS SUBMITTED REFTEL AND GOP AIDE-
MMEOIRE OF OCTOBE 10 (RECEIVED OCTOBER 15), ESPECIALLY
PARAGRAPHS SIX AND SEVERN, EMBASSY NOTES THAT DEPARTMENT
MIGHT CONCLUDE THAT MOST CANAL ZONE EMPLOYEES (CIVILIAN
AND MILITARY) ARRIVE IN ZONE WITH EITHER A PANAMANIAN
TOURIST CARD OR VISA. THIS IS NOT TRUE. NO PANAMANIAN
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PAGE 02 PANAMA 05680 201027Z
DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR PERSONS ARRIVING ON ISTHMUS
WHOSE DESTINATION IS CANAL ZONE.
2. OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF CANAL ZONE EMPLOYEES AND
DEPENDENTS ARRIVE IN CANAL ZONE ON OFFICIAL USG ORDERS,
OR ON ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION FORMS ISSUED BY CANAL ZONE
GOVERNMENT (SEE SECTION 35 CFR, PART 59, SUBPART B).
THERE ARE EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS, AND LESSER NUMBERS
OF OTHER PERSONS, WHO HAVE ARRIVED IN CANAL ZONE ON
SOME BASIS OTHER THAN OFFICIAL ORDERS OR ADVANCE AUTH-
ORIZATION. HOWEVER, MOST OF THESE PERSONS EVENTUALLY
BECOME AN IMMIGRATION RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USG.
3. COMMENT: AID-MEMOIRE OF OCTOBER 10 HAS FAR REACHING
IMPLICATIONS. IT SEEMS THAT FOREIGN MINISTRY IS
IGNORING U S IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY AND IS SAYING THAT
CANAL ZONE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS
RESIDEING IN PANAMA, ARE IN PANAMANIAN TERRITORY WITHOUT
PROPER PANAMANIAN IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTATION, I.E., THAT
SUCH PERSONS ARE TOURISTS WHO HAVE OVERSTAYED 90 DAYS
ALLOWED TOURISTS UNDER THEIR REGULATIONS WITH NET EFFECT
BEING SUCH PERSONS ARE PANAMANIAN IMMIGRATION SUBJECTS
AND MUST PAY $50 "CHANGE OF STATUS" FEE PER DEPENDENT
AND MADE $250 REPATRIATION DEPOSIT PER DEPENDENT. GOP
SEEMS TO BE SAYING THAT "CANAL ZONE IS PANAMANIAN TERRITORY
NOT UNDER PANAMANIAN JURISDICTION" BUT IF RESIDENTS
THEREOF VENTURE OUTSIDE INTO "PANAMANIAN TERRITORY UNDER
PANAMANIAN JURISDICTION" THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO PANAMA'S
IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS.
4. SIDE EFFECT OF SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCE IN ACCEPTANCE
OF PANAMA'S POSITION WITH RESPECT TO PERSONNEL AND
DEPENDENTS WHO RESIDE IN PANAMA IS THAT PANAMA WOULD
GAIN CONTROL OVER WHO (BOTH PAN CANAL AND U S ARMED
FORCES) WOULD BE ALLOWED IMMIGRATION STATUS.
SAYRE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
NNN

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FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8854
INFO PANCANAL
USCINCSO
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PANAMA 5680
EO 11652: N/A
TAGS: PFOR, CPAS, CVIS, PN, PQ
SUBJ: CHANGE OF STATUS FEE
REF: PANAMA 5599
SUMMARY: EMBASSY WISHES TO POINT OUT THAT GOP AIDE-
MEMOIRE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 15 MAY LEAVE DEPARTMENT
WITH IMPRESSION THAT MOST CANAL ZONE EMPLOYEES (CIVILIAN
AND MILITARY) ARRIVE IN CANAL ZONE WITH EITHER PANAMANIAN
TOURIST CARD OR VISA. THIS IS NOT TRUE. PRACTICALLY ALL
EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS ARRIVE IN CANAL ZONE PURSUANT
TO OFFICIAL ORDERS OR ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION UNDER
CONDITIONS SET FORTH SECTION 35 CODE FEDERAL REGULATIONS,
PART 59, SUBPART B.
1. REVIEWING COMMENTS SUBMITTED REFTEL AND GOP AIDE-
MMEOIRE OF OCTOBE 10 (RECEIVED OCTOBER 15), ESPECIALLY
PARAGRAPHS SIX AND SEVERN, EMBASSY NOTES THAT DEPARTMENT
MIGHT CONCLUDE THAT MOST CANAL ZONE EMPLOYEES (CIVILIAN
AND MILITARY) ARRIVE IN ZONE WITH EITHER A PANAMANIAN
TOURIST CARD OR VISA. THIS IS NOT TRUE. NO PANAMANIAN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02 PANAMA 05680 201027Z
DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR PERSONS ARRIVING ON ISTHMUS
WHOSE DESTINATION IS CANAL ZONE.
2. OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF CANAL ZONE EMPLOYEES AND
DEPENDENTS ARRIVE IN CANAL ZONE ON OFFICIAL USG ORDERS,
OR ON ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION FORMS ISSUED BY CANAL ZONE
GOVERNMENT (SEE SECTION 35 CFR, PART 59, SUBPART B).
THERE ARE EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS, AND LESSER NUMBERS
OF OTHER PERSONS, WHO HAVE ARRIVED IN CANAL ZONE ON
SOME BASIS OTHER THAN OFFICIAL ORDERS OR ADVANCE AUTH-
ORIZATION. HOWEVER, MOST OF THESE PERSONS EVENTUALLY
BECOME AN IMMIGRATION RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USG.
3. COMMENT: AID-MEMOIRE OF OCTOBER 10 HAS FAR REACHING
IMPLICATIONS. IT SEEMS THAT FOREIGN MINISTRY IS
IGNORING U S IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY AND IS SAYING THAT
CANAL ZONE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS
RESIDEING IN PANAMA, ARE IN PANAMANIAN TERRITORY WITHOUT
PROPER PANAMANIAN IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTATION, I.E., THAT
SUCH PERSONS ARE TOURISTS WHO HAVE OVERSTAYED 90 DAYS
ALLOWED TOURISTS UNDER THEIR REGULATIONS WITH NET EFFECT
BEING SUCH PERSONS ARE PANAMANIAN IMMIGRATION SUBJECTS
AND MUST PAY $50 "CHANGE OF STATUS" FEE PER DEPENDENT
AND MADE $250 REPATRIATION DEPOSIT PER DEPENDENT. GOP
SEEMS TO BE SAYING THAT "CANAL ZONE IS PANAMANIAN TERRITORY
NOT UNDER PANAMANIAN JURISDICTION" BUT IF RESIDENTS
THEREOF VENTURE OUTSIDE INTO "PANAMANIAN TERRITORY UNDER
PANAMANIAN JURISDICTION" THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO PANAMA'S
IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS.
4. SIDE EFFECT OF SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCE IN ACCEPTANCE
OF PANAMA'S POSITION WITH RESPECT TO PERSONNEL AND
DEPENDENTS WHO RESIDE IN PANAMA IS THAT PANAMA WOULD
GAIN CONTROL OVER WHO (BOTH PAN CANAL AND U S ARMED
FORCES) WOULD BE ALLOWED IMMIGRATION STATUS.
SAYRE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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